# 1998 Francofonte mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Francofonte](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/francofonte.md), June 7, 1998

Vito Guido Detto Tuccio Giuffrida won with 51.8% of the vote, 3.7 points ahead of Sebastiano Spoto Puleo.

> Results are by municipality, from the Interior Ministry's open data file for this round of municipal elections; where the file reports polling sections, they are summed by municipality. The winner is the candidate the open data marks as elected mayor.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/francofonte/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md), May 24, 1998

- Vito Guido Detto Tuccio Giuffrida, 35.4% (Advanced)
- Sebastiano Spoto Puleo, 29.3% (Advanced)
- Mariella Carlotta Cocuzza, 16.5%

### Second round, June 7, 1998

- Vito Guido Detto Tuccio Giuffrida, 51.8% (Elected)
- Sebastiano Spoto Puleo, 48.2%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vito Guido Detto Tuccio Giuffrida | 3,955 | 51.8% | Elected |
| Sebastiano Spoto Puleo | 3,676 | 48.2% |  |

Valid votes: 7,631

Turnout: 61.7% (8,136 of 13,181 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 8, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/francofonte/2003-06-08-runoff/sindaco.md): Giuseppe Castania, 55.5%
- June 7, 1998: Vito Guido Detto Tuccio Giuffrida, 51.8%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on June 7, 1998

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1998-05-24-local.md) (72)

## Sources

- [Eligendo: archivio storico delle elezioni, open data](https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/eligendo/opendata.php), Ministero dell'Interno. License: No license stated. Data that Italian public bodies publish without a license are open by default (art. 52 of the Codice dell'amministrazione digitale).

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/francofonte/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/francofonte/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco.json.